NEED INFO ON B-17'S FLYING RECON MISSIONS DURING MIDWAY FROM HICKAM FIELD

[A Castle]

I AM LOOKING FOR ANY INFORMATION ON 4 B-17 CREWS TRANSFERRED FROM THE 303rd BOMB GROUP, 360th BOMB SQUADRON TO THE 306th BOMB GROUP, 368th BOMB SQUADRON IN MAY OF 1942 AT HICKAM FIELD HAWAII. THESE FOUR CREWS WERE ATTACHED TO THE 11th BOMB GROUP, 98th BOMB SQUADRON FOR THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY. THEY WERE TRANSFERRED BACK TO THE MAINLAND IN MID JUNE OF 1942, AFTER THE JAPANESE THREAT HAD BEEN ELIMINATED, AND WENT TO THURLEIGH, ENGLAND TO TAKE PART IN THE EUROPEAN AIR WAR.

I AM ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN ANY PICTURES, MISSION DATES, ETC. FOR THE LT WILLIAM RAPER CREW. WHERE WOULD I LOOK FOR INFORMATION? SO FAR, NONE OF THE 3 BOMB GROUP HISTORIANS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE ANY INFO, OTHER THAN DATES OF TRANSFER TO AND FROM HAWAII. ANY ASSISTANCE AT ALL WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

THANKS,

ARTHUR CASTLE

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